Tag: MMO

MMOs had a great year in 2024, with the genre the liveliest it’s been in years

MMOs had a great…

It can be easy to get a bit down about the state of the MMO genre these days. I’ve…
World of Warcraft fans are torn about whether Forever’s Skyborne starting zone fits tonally with Classic WoW

World of Warcraft fans…

World of Warcraft: Forever’s beta is here, offering us our first look at WoW’s reimagined vanilla or classic experience,…
World of Warcraft: Forever players are being naughty with the new naming system

World of Warcraft: Forever…

World of Warcraft: Forever’s beta has proven exceptionally popular, as ‘crazy’ numbers of players flock to play this new…
WoW devs surprised to find pure liquid nostalgia is popular

WoW devs surprised to…

World of Warcraft: Forever‘s beta has been utterly rammed with server issues—issues that I’m pleased to say were fixed…
Solarpunk MMO Loftia is launching into early access November 3

Solarpunk MMO Loftia is…

How come the future in videogames is, more often than not, dark and gloomy? Where’s the hope? Where’s the…
Blizzard let its UI mods ‘go farther than we should have’, says game director Ion Hazzikostas, but ‘the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second-best time is today’

Blizzard let its UI…

World of Warcraft: Midnight has now officially ripped the bandaid off—as of this week, many UI mods (addons) have…
Final Fantasy: every PlayStation 5 game tested on PS5 Pro – with some impressive results

Final Fantasy: every PlayStation…

PlayStation and Final Fantasy have been closely linked for nearly the entire history of Sony’s console efforts. 1997’s Final…
WoW’s pre-patch stat squish has caused several low-level potions and food items to do literally nothing, with some even restoring ‘-0 health’, whatever that means

WoW’s pre-patch stat squish…

World of Warcraft‘s pre-patch for the Midnight expansion has introduced a stat squish—in case you’re unfamiliar, it’s basically required…
Blizzard developer says World of Warcraft: Forever’s beta numbers are the “craziest” he’s seen in 17 years

Blizzard developer says World…

World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard’s vanilla-flavoured spin-off built by the WoW Classic team, has already pulled in far more…
World of Warcraft’s add-on changes aren’t over: ‘There will doubtless be some loopholes players find’

World of Warcraft’s add-on…

This week marks perhaps the largest change to World of Warcraft’s core game since the MMO’s original release. Dubbed…